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"An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples"
The European Journal of Humour Research, 4 (2016), 1; 34-58. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1
Molnar, Draženka; Vidaković Erdeljić, Dubravka

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Molnar, D. & Vidaković Erdeljić, D. (2016). "An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples". The European Journal of Humour Research, 4. (1), 34-58. doi: 10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1

Molnar, Draženka and Dubravka Vidaković Erdeljić. ""An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples"." The European Journal of Humour Research, vol. 4, no. 1, 2016, pp. 34-58. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1

Molnar, Draženka and Dubravka Vidaković Erdeljić. ""An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples"." The European Journal of Humour Research 4, no. 1 (2016): 34-58. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1

Molnar, D. and Vidaković Erdeljić, D. (2016) '"An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples"', The European Journal of Humour Research, 4(1), pp. 34-58. doi: 10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1

Molnar D, Vidaković Erdeljić D. "An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples". The European Journal of Humour Research [Internet]. 2016 [cited 2024 December 06];4(1):34-58. doi: 10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1

D. Molnar and D. Vidaković Erdeljić, ""An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples"", The European Journal of Humour Research, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 34-58, 2016. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:322778. [Accessed: 06 December 2024]

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Title (english)"An orchard invisible: Hidden seeds of wisdom in the English and Croatian proverbial apples"
AuthorDraženka Molnar
AuthorDubravka Vidaković Erdeljić
Author's institutionJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract (english)
In the paper we analyse humorous modified proverbs in light of the theory of conceptual integration. Unlike traditional proverbs, which teach us something and elucidate some aspects of human life, modified proverbs are here primarily to entertain us. The theory of conceptual integration is particularly suitable for the interpretation of modified proverbs since they present novel structures that are not part of our mental lexicon and which we need to interpret online in dynamic meaning construction. Our examples of humorous modified proverbs show that although jokes are verbalised in the form of proverbs, the humour is derived from the same mechanisms that are employed in other types of verbal humour: puns, play on words, metonymies, elements of surprise, exploitation of taboos, etc. The evidence for this is found in the fact that those modified proverbs that employ only some of these elements, or do not employ any of them, are found to be less humorous or not humorous at all.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleThe European Journal of Humour Research
Numberingvol. 4, no. 1, pp. 34-58
e-ISSN2307-700X
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:322778
Publication2016
Document URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2016.4.1.molnar
Type of resourceText
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